Quilting-frame for sewing-machines



(No Model.)

J. 0. TOUGHSTONE & J. M. WORTHINGTON.

NBS. Patented Sept. 16, 18.90.

QUILTING FRAME FOR SEWING MAGHI No. 486,508.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONAS OARNIE TOUGI-ISTONE AND JAMES MONROE WORTHINGTON, OF LOVELADY,TEXAS.

QUILTING-FRAME FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,508, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application filed March 4,1890. Serial No. 342,589. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, JONAS OARNIE TOUCH- STONE and J AMEs' MONROEWORTHINGTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Lovelady, in thecounty of Houston and State of Texas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Quilting-Frames; and we do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of our invention is to combine the parts by which a quilteris suspended from a ceiling and connected with a sewingthe beam D.

machine, as hereinafter described, and point- .ed out in the claim.

The drawing is an elevation in perspective.

A represents the ceiling, from which, by means of the wires B B, Isuspend the track O on an incline. The end wires B B are placed aboutthree feet apart at the ceiling and above each end of the track 0, toprevent the latter from vibrating while the quilting is being done. The.track 0 has its bevel side facing the sewing-machine, and is supportedas well as steadied by the beam D, which is fastened adjustably to asewing-machine arm V by means of the buckle-straps X X, attached to thepiece E.

H H are grooved wheels arranged on a headblock F, so as to face arm V,while the said head-block itself passes on the opposite side of thetrack 0 from the said arm V, thus enabling the operator to keep thewheels on the track and to permit the head-block to pass The wheels Hare screwed to the block G, which forms the top of the headblock F andis in a perpendicular line with the block I, attached to the lower endof said head-block. Through the block I and the middle of suspension-rodL passes the swivled bolt J, carrying at its lower end the nut K. Bythis arrangement the quilting-frame hangs perpendicularly and thehead-block is clear of the side of the track, so as to avoid allunnecessary friction. The track 0 is arranged with respect to thehead-block and sewing-machine so as to occupy an intermediate position.

L is a suspension-rod provided with metaL lic clasps n n at each end,and through these clasps pass the top ends of the uprights m m. The rodL can thus be slid up and down, so as to adjust the quilting-frame tothe height of the sewing-machine, being held at any adjustment by thethumb-screws y y. On the lower ends of the uprights m m are also theclasps 0 0, through which pass the end plates of the frame P, said endplates sliding through the clasps and having end slots 19. The cireularmotion given to the frame by the swivel-bolt J and the vibrating motion,from being under the track, are preserved, while a free and easy motionin all directions is maintained. The quilting-rods R R are held in placeby the perforated wheels 8 and screwhooks 25. As the track 0 issuspended with an incline and bead on top for the wheels H torun on, aself-feed is given to the frame as it passes over the top of thesewing-machine.-

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is-

The track 0, having a bead on the inner side of top, an eye at each end,and suspended on an incline from the ceiling by two wires B B at eachend, said wires diverging from the track-eyes to the ceiling, incombination with the head-block F, arranged on the opposite side oftrack 0 from the sewing-machine arm and carrying rolls H H, suspendedfrom a block G, the quilting-frame swiveled at J to the head-block F,and the beam D, connected with the track O and with the sewingmachinearm, as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JONAS CARNIE TOUCHSTONE. JAMES MONROE WORTHING'TON.

Witnesses:

O. WALDEN, J. W. BOWYER.

